River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-07
HISTORY OF TIE WEEK.

years 10y s. tell-talc scrap OF paper. 4 torn
check figures largely in tie Rock Island
case. and much feeling was expressed after
the services at the singular remarks OF
the preacher The attorneys for SwartZ
and Watt viii demand a new trial for their
clients on the ground Of undue influence
upon the jury # the prisoners are CON
yIcted.
The Cincinnati Price Current has
published its 3Sth annual statement OF pork
packing in the West. The total winter
packing IN the West IS G,3s9,0lO hogs,
against 6,2FS. 495 last wear. The average
weight Of hogs is - pounds lighter than
year ago. The aggregate production Is
estimated at $50 less than last year At
same average weight. The yield Of lard is
Log pounds per hog lighter The production
of mess pork shows a reduction Of lab@9
barrels The lard product equals l''SS'
tIerces less than last year Stocks Of meats
ON hand March /, were Si.l2' go pounds
less than year ago, and reduction OF
l45.t6g barrels Of pork and 5l,tii tierces OF
lard IN the comparison packing Tor the
sumner season ending Nov. ] was 5,trl4,tN3
h0gs or6i9,i3l more than in l>o5.
During the pitchy darkness of the
night Of April End, fire broke out in the Ho-
tel Del Monte. at Monterey, California. and
in three hours the chimnies We're all that
remained of the palace structure. The ho-
tel was supplied with ample me apparatus
but il was found tie water works had been
tampered with ana the hose with which
each floor was supplied was useless. All
the guests were got out in safety but with
nothing hut their night garments. The
loss including the luggage OF the guests eN-
ceeds a million and "a half Of dollars.
Tarleton Steele. a colored man. on
the last Sunday morning Of March. near
Montgomery, Alabama, struck his wife on
the head with an AK handle. killing her al
most instantly. lie then took the body and
carried il of u lonely place IN the woods.
a mile from hCms. threw IT IN "A gully. piled
straw on II. then poured kerosene oil on
the heap and set FIRE To lt. Suspicion had
been aroused and nci-hhors searched the
woods aud found the remaining portions
Of the body. The murderer was captured
AID made "a fun confession
H. the United States Circuit Court at
Chicago. on Monday, Judge Gresham APP
pointed as the successor of Judge Cooley,
Gen John McNuita. Of Bloomington, H.,
TO bs receiver OF the Wabash railway lines
living east Of the Mississippi river. Cen. Me
Nulta j. a lawyer. lie at one time had COR
troll IF the narrow gauge road running from
ST Louis 70 Toledo. having been recon-
mended ter that trust by the late Judges
David Davis ard Treat He is said In nave
managed the affairs OF that corporation
very successfully.
Capt. 4. N. Smith. was blowing
upon his farm two miles from Franklin,
Texas. March 81, when some one came
stealthiiy upon him and fired load Of
huckshOt into his back. killing him instantly
The assassin then eIlptISd another load OF
shot into tine head of his victim. tearing
out his ewes and horribly mutiiatiug his
face J. 7. Fulton. ueigLbor, against
whom Smith had obtained Judgment for a
small amount. has been arrested Tor the
crime His boots fitted the tracks about
the corpse.
At Frankfort. Ky, the Court of
appeals has overruled the petition for a re
bearing ia tie case OF John J. CorBelson's
vs. the commonwealth. This IS Curne sons
last resort TO eyade the punishment decreed
against him for assaultiug with CoHhlde
Judge Richard Reid. in Mount Sterling. IN
Nav. ISL Reid. IL VIII be remembered.
afterward committed suicide. The verdict
Of the lower court was fine OF ! cent and
costs and confinement IN the county jail for
three years.
On Tuesday last. L. De Saulniers
organist Of st. Peters Church. Lewiston
Ne. his wife. a child of three, and a babys
aud Mr. Morton were poisoned by whisky
containing wine Of coichiCum. sold DE
was in charge of a drug store Ia the absence
Of the proprietor. De Saulniers died ound y
His wiies condition is critical The other.
viii recover.
Heavy snow storms prevailed
throughout. Ills, March 20 At Vandalia
snow fell to the depth IF y inches on the
level. Great deuase was done 10 budding
fruit trees, shruts and early flowers at
Believille. IL is feared the wheat has also
been injured. No such storms have
occurred before in Illinois a. this time OF
the year for long period.
Official reports from Valparaiso state
there are only a few isolat d cases OF
cholera at that port and but few at Santiago
de Chill. There has been no cholera on the
coast north Of Valparaiso. A strict quaran-
tine Is enforced at all Pacific ports notwith-
standing that IL is off tally reported that
the cholera Is confined and IS diminishing IN
Chill.
Ninety OF the 500 contractors and
employing carpenters OF Chicago agreed to
the terms demanded 10y the carpenters
union. - cents an hour and eight hours 10
constitut- day, but the men say they viii
not return to work until AT least a majority
Of the employers agree TO their terms.
The railroad coal operators of the
Pittsburgh district. who ship to Western
points have formed an association for the
maintenance of a uniform selling price OF
coal Eighty per cent OF tine firms shipping
west and representing si2.O00UO capital,
have Joined the pool
4 gang Of burglars who realized
$4,000 as the fruit Of several robberies in
Hall and Worth counties. Ga, turn ont to
be the men engaged IN the Cleveland. Ohio.
fur store robbery. and who afterward muir
dered Detective Hulligan at itayenna, in
rescuing one Of their number
For twelve hours on Monday, april
4. the heaviest snow storm Of the season,
accompanied by "A fierce northwest wind,
prevailed ali over the upper Michigan
peninsula From - to Is inches of snow
TELL on the level and trains on all roads were
delayed.
The Pacific coast steamer Mexico,
1851 tons, six years old and valued at
S;1lO00. plying between Victoria, b. C..
and san Francisco. is a total wreck in the
Gulf of GeOEia. on the reef where two
other vessel, were recently wrecked
The Republicans Of Michigan
claimed the success of their state ticket At
the election Monday, and the adoption Of
the anti-liquor amendments to the State
constitution. bus 10 definite fgures could
be given tn z day morning.
The Little Rock & Fort Smith
railway has passed into tue hands Of jay
Gould and active work on the extension of
the line Is TO 1egin at once. The road Is to
be extended from Van Buren, to Fort Glib
son. Cherokee Nation.
4 saw mill boiler. at Mil Greek.
short distance from Cinclunati, Ohio, explo-
ded Monday morning and struck q river
sbanty boat IL falling, instantly killing Ars.
Lizzie Grant Four employees IN the mill
were all hurt.
At Chicago. during q high wind
Monday, one Of the walls OF four story
brics building. which had not ieen enclosed
blew down wrecsluE the structure and
smashing frame building adjoining.
six thousand five hundred carpenters
employed by the various contractors and
shop owners at Chicago. ceased work on
Monday, owing 20 disagreement IN regard
10 hours and compensation.
At Ligonier. Ind. on the night of the
3rd and +th, property Of the value of Sc
90 burned the losses being borne by ten or
twelve persons and firms. The cause of tie
fires is unknown
At Cincinnati. Ohio. on Monday, over
one thousand carpenters struck for hours
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